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Our 7 favorite startups from the Wayra London 2013 demo day

The Next Web

So, for example, if you’re reading your favorite newspaper and see an interesting article you’d like to share with someone – or across a social network – you just need to scan the paper with the app and it will launch the digital version for sharing. In finding that solution, his team created iHelp – a community driven emergency network.

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Edge computing startup Macrometa gets $20M Series A led by Pelion Venture Partners

TechCrunch

Macrometa , the edge computing cloud and global data network for app developers, announced today it has raised a $20 million Series A. The network allows developers to run apps concurrently across its 175 points of presence (PoPs), or edge regions, around the world, depending on which one is closest to an end user.

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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement

The Verge

Convoy supporters are getting their news from a tangle of Facebook groups, Telegram channels, and random influencers, which is all then amplified and expanded by right-wing broadcasters like Carlson, The Daily Caller , or Canadian right-wing media network Rebel News.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The eight teams hail from all over the world – including entrants from Montreal, Toronto, Portugal and Bulgaria – and have spent the last three months tirelessly working away on their hardware-based startup ideas for the Internet of Things in preparation for today.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2022

TechCrunch

Modsy made a series of aggressive cuts two years prior to its shutdown, slashing designer pay and reducing both salaried employees and its network of designers. NopeaRide, Kenya’s first fully electric vehicle service, shut down in November after scaling to 70 vehicles and building a charging network all across Nairobi.

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Modsy quietly shut down while some customers were still awaiting refunds

TechCrunch

The move came two years after Modsy made a series of aggressive cuts, slashing designer pay and reducing both salaried employees and its network of designers. At the time, Tellerman told Business of Home that it was a part of an effort to make the company “leaner.”

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4 Churches to Follow on Instagram

Tech Soup

NewSpring Church Network. With multiple locations in Australia, Bulgaria, and the United States, the Citipointe Church Instagram account is a fun mix of community event dashboard and campaign announcements across time zones. Citipointe Church. Hillsong Church. Bridgeway Christian Church.